Currently there is no computer, in any form, that is successful because it can be used together with other people in a physical sense. I think this new product must be great to use alone or will not meet the masses.
So even if this vision can be reductive I continue to think at this new product as a larger more powerful version of the iPhone that is mainly a portable device.
Portalbe does not mean the only usage is to carry it around outside your home. It feels natural that such a device is something you can lean on the table while cooking to read the news from internet, or to watch a film while on the bed after a destructive 2010 party like I'm doing right now.
Also of course in the "outside" world it's a great experience if the device is light enough. For instance I never take my laptop outside in the plane when I flight, as I feel uncomfortable to do it, my macbook is too weight and requires too space. So what I use is my iPhone indeed, but it's totally inadequate to perform tasks like writing a blog post.
So actually I can see why this device can be a success.
I also can clearly see (it's years I think that I could start a startup about this issue) how people are not able to share an image with one click, but this is, IMHO, an entirely different problem that should be addressed in some other way.
When I heard about Google Wave the first time my first reaction was: now people will be free to share things with one click in real-time, but my feelings with Wave are not good, it's not as "simple" as I dreamed, so I guess we have to wait for a new solution.
>Currently there is no computer, in any form, that is successful because it can be used together with other people in a physical sense. I think this new product must be great to use alone or will not meet the masses.
So even if this vision can be reductive I continue to think at this new product as a larger more powerful version of the iPhone that is mainly a portable device.
Portalbe does not mean the only usage is to carry it around outside your home. It feels natural that such a device is something you can lean on the table while cooking to read the news from internet, or to watch a film while on the bed after a destructive 2010 party like I'm doing right now.
Also of course in the "outside" world it's a great experience if the device is light enough. For instance I never take my laptop outside in the plane when I flight, as I feel uncomfortable to do it, my macbook is too weight and requires too space. So what I use is my iPhone indeed, but it's totally inadequate to perform tasks like writing a blog post.
So actually I can see why this device can be a success.
I also can clearly see (it's years I think that I could start a startup about this issue) how people are not able to share an image with one click, but this is, IMHO, an entirely different problem that should be addressed in some other way.
When I heard about Google Wave the first time my first reaction was: now people will be free to share things with one click in real-time, but my feelings with Wave are not good, it's not as "simple" as I dreamed, so I guess we have to wait for a new solution.